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Suspicious object just “homemade speaker”
The parking lot of the Sam’s Club/Wal-Mart Shopping Center was closed down for much of the afternoon last Thursday after a “suspicious item” was found there, the Hattiesburg Poli...
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Economics 101 – State deals school district a budgetary blow
With one of the largest school districts in the area, the Lamar County School District could see a cut of about $2 million in state funding in its budget for the current school year as the result ...
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Work Continues – 4th Street project is ongoing
Officials are hopeful that the section of West Fourth Street between Weathersby Road and Gravel Pit Road will be reopened to traffic in time for the Thanksgiving shopping season.
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Chuck Bennett with some of the publications he has had the opportunity to write for. Sports Minded: County administrator enjoys forays into the writing world
Brett Favre’s decision not to retire – which once delayed publication of a book written in part by Lamar County resident Chuck Bennett – could now bring renewed interest to the book his acti...
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Chile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera, left, shake hands with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a meeting in Santiago, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Uribe is in Chile to attend Pinera's inaguration on Thursday 11. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - The strongest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office.


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In this March 9, 2010 photo, Damashata Washington looks for work at Work 2 Future, a federally funded job training center, in San Jose, Calif. The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits fell last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, but remains above the level many economists say would signal new hiring.


Thu Mar 11 10:04:31 -0600 2010

An electoral worker sorts through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary elections are likely to be released on Thursday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line religious parties with close ties to Iran.


Thu Mar 11 08:59:35 -0600 2010